My Thoughts on Grunko Films

Hello everyone. I am starting to make blog posts about my thoughts on things, which basically describe my opinions on things I care about. Here, I am starting off with a company called Grunko Films. For those who don't know what this company is about, it's a company that produced home videos about wildlife, fishing and hunting. Not only that, but they produced two TV shows, "Experience the Wild" and "The Wild Gourmet." (Experience the Wild had a home video series of its own as well.) Bill Grunkemeyer, the owner, started the company in 1982, ran it for a couple of decades and died in June 2003 at the home of Lou Gehrig's disease, so his company became defunct. Let's get on with my opinions...

First of all, I was really interested in children's home videos about animals (e.g. Baby Animals at Uncle Larry's Farm) when I was little, so my parents bought them, including two different home videos made by this particular company: "Baby Animal Fun" and "Wild Animals at Play." They are actually the 1999 re-released distributed by a Canadian company called Madacy Entertainment Group. The two home videos were first released in 1988. The VHS tape I loved the best was "Baby Animal Fun." Why you may ask? Because it features a little girl named Ashley Tyler and her dad Lyle Tyler (referred to as "Burr"). They go out on animal adventures. The episodes have amazing music. I was really obsessed with that home video, from 2002 to 2005. The second VHS tape, "Wild Animals at Play," was also great. The footage was nice and so was the music. Later on in 2014, I decided to start collecting more home videos.

What I like about this company is that their home videos have great music choices (some of the music tracks can be found on some stock music libraries, such as the ones made by FirstCom Music) and the narration, from Fred Arthur's efforts to Bill Grunkemeyer's talents, was really informative. It provided true information about how wildlife and nature work, facts about animals, etc. They're both entertaining and educational (great educational value of course), so think of them as "documentaries." I like the fact that they take place in Wyoming and a few other regions because the scenes look beautiful. Above all, those home videos are really great.

The bad? Well, they NEVER released their home videos on DVD, so all of them are exclusive to VHS, which really stinks. You'd think they would release their great shows on up-to-date technology because DVDs and Blu-rays took over VHS tapes. If they did so, I would buy all of them in a heartbeat! Also, they never released all of the Experience the Wild episodes from the TV series, nor the other TV show, "The Wild Gourmet." Thus the fact that it was only aired in Canada as far as I know, and Experience the Wild only aired in the state of Wyoming, which is weird. I think the productions really deserved to be released on modern technology products for future generations of wildlife fans.

Well, that's all I have to say about this company. I have some home videos made by Grunko Films, but I only have a few on Dailymotion at this moment because once in late 2012, I uploaded a couple productions made by this company. Nearly a year later, I was a little bit paranoid about copyright issues, so I moved them to my Dailymotion account (it's called ChristianGuy1). I almost forgot that I have a wiki on Wikia based on this company. Check it out here:

http://grunkofilms.wikia.com/

Thanks for reading!

My VHS and DVD Collection

Hey everyone, this is CEO100able. I don't seem to be adding things very frequently to this blog because I haven't been coming up with good ideas for my blog posts. However, I am posting something new right now; a user on YouTube named MrAcrizzy gave me a request to show my collection of VHS tapes and DVDs, but because I have so many of them in my household, I decided to write out a list here. It will save myself a lot of stress that way. Anyway, let's begin...

North America (United States and Canada)

VHS:

• Blue's Clues: Story Time (1998)
• Blue's Clues: Rhythm and Blue (1998)
• Blue's Clues: ABC's and 123's (1999)
• Blue's Clues: Blue's Discoveries (1999)
• Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Treasure Hunt (1999)
• Blue's Clues: Blue's Safari (2000)
• Blue's Clue's Stop, Look, and Listen! (2000)
• Blue's Clues: Magenta Comes Over (2000)
• Blue's Clues: Playtime with Periwinkle (2001)
• Blue's Clues: Café Blue (2001)
• Blue's Clues: Blue's News! - Read All About It! (2001)
• Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Holiday (2001)
• Teletubbies - Here Come the Teletubbies
• Teletubbies - Dance With the Teletubbies
• Teletubbies - Favorite Things
• Teletubbies - Big Hug!
• Teletubbies - Nursery Rhymes
• Teletubbies - Bedtime Stories and Lullabies
• Teletubbies - Baby Animals
• Teletubbies - Silly Songs and Funny Dances!
• Teletubbies - Naughty Noo-Noo!
• Teletubbies - All Together Teletubbies
• Bob the Builder - To the Rescue!
• Bob the Builder - Bob Saves the Day
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Fire Truck
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Police Car
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Train
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Truck
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Bulldozer
• Real Wheels: There Goes an Airplane
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Spaceship
• Real Wheels: Here Comes a Roller Coaster
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Monster Truck
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Helicopter
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Rescue Vehicle
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Mail Truck
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Garbage Truck
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Dump Truck
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Tractor
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Farm Truck
• Real Wheels: There Goes a Bus
• I Love Toy Trains Part 1 (2002 Version)
• I Love Toy Trains Part 2 (2000 Version)
• I Love Toy Trains Part 6
• I Love Toy Trains Part 11
• I Love Toy Trains Part 12
• I Love Toy Trains 90-Minute Special #2 (Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6)
• I Love Toy Trains - OH NO!
• I Love Toy Trains - The Music Video
• I Love Big Trains Part 1
• I Love Cat Machines Part 1
• I Love Cat Machines Part 2
• I Love Cat Machines Part 3
• I Love Cat Machines Part 4
• All About John Deere Part 1
• Lots and Lots of Trains Volume 1
• Lots and Lots of Trains Volume 2
• Lots and Lots of Trucks Volume 1
• Lots and Lots of Trucks Volume 2
• Choo-Choo Trains: Close Up and Very Personal
• Snowplows on Patrol
• Lenny the Lumberjack
• Baby Animals at Uncle Larry's Farm
• Toddler Takes (1997 Edition)
• The Wiggles - Yummy Yummy
• Thomas and Friends: Thomas Gets Tricked (1990 Edition)
• Thomas and Friends: Thomas' Christmas Party
• Thomas and Friends: Gallant Old Engine
• VeggieTales: Rack, Shack and Benny!
• VeggieTales: Dave and the Giant Pickle
• VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Fib From Outer Space!
• Alaskan King (1985 Edition)
• The Yellowstone and the Madison: One After Another! (1985 Edition)
• Wapiti Creek: The Story of the American Elk
• Alaska: Once in a Lifetime?
• Cowboys and Cutthroats
• Prairie Babies (1999 Edition)
• Babies of the Pond (1999 Edition)
• Babies of the Forest (1999 Edition)
• Baby Animal Fun (1999 Edition)
• Survivors of the Fire: Yellowstone's Elk
• Whitetail Hunting: "Luck or Logic"
• Living With The Elk
• Hunter-Warrior of the Plains
• Wild Animals at Play (1999 Edition)
• Four Seasons in the Wild

DVD:

• Thomas and Friends: Make Someone Happy
• Thomas and Friends: Thomas and the Jet Engine
• Thomas and Friends, On Site With Thomas
• Thomas and Friends: It's Great to Be an Engine
• Real Wheels: Truck Adventures (Fire Truck, Truck, Garbage Truck)
• Real Wheels: Travel Adventures (Train, Airplane, Bus)
• Real Wheels: Mega Truck Adventures (Bulldozer, Monster Truck, Tank)
• Real Wheels: Rescue Adventures (Rescue Hero, Rescue Vehicle, Police Car)
• Real Wheels: High Speed Adventures (Race Car, Spaceship, Motorcycle)
• Real Wheels: Land, Sea and Air Adventures (Boat, Helicopter, Mail Truck)
• VeggieTales: The Ballad of Little Joe

Currently, this list is incomplete. I will add more sometime later.